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9/23/2026 3:35am 
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Flood Warning

Issued by the National Weather Service - Quad Cities, IA/IL

    FLOOD WARNING  

Flood Warning issued September 22 at 9:31PM CDT until September 26 at 7:00AM CDT by NWS Quad Cities IA IL

FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING TO SATURDAY MORNING

Areas Affected: Des Moines, IA; Lee, IA; Hancock, IL; Henderson, IL

Urgency: Immediate

Severity: Severe

Certainty: Observed

Alert Sent: Tuesday 9:31pm CDT

Alert Effective: Tuesday 9:31pm CDT

Alert Expires: Wednesday 9:45pm CDT (expect updated alert by this time)

Event Onset: Wednesday 7:00pm CDT

Event Ends: Saturday 7:00am CDT

Issued by: NWS Quad Cities IA IL

Details: 
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING TO SATURDAY MORNING...

...The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in Iowa...
Illinois...

Mississippi River at Gladstone LD18 affecting Henderson and Des
Moines Counties.

Mississippi River at Burlington affecting Lee, Des Moines, Hancock
and Henderson Counties.

...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Iowa...
Illinois...

Mississippi River at Keithsburg affecting Henderson, Des Moines,
Louisa and Mercer Counties.

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Mississippi River at Burlington.

* WHEN...From Wednesday evening to Saturday morning.

* IMPACTS...At 15.0 feet, Agricultural flooding occurs.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 9:00 PM CDT Tuesday the stage was 14.1 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
tomorrow evening to a crest of 15.3 feet early Thursday
afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage early Friday
afternoon.
- Flood stage is 15.0 feet.

Information: 
Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks.

The next statement will be issued by Wednesday evening.

Meta data: 
ID: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.6ab98279a7febfd707ff5d5dc4b9211d2211fcd6.002.1
Codes: ILC067, ILC071
Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.6ab98279a7febfd707ff5d5dc4b9211d2211fcd6.002.1